Mental Math In this issue’s installment, we consider one of the classic feats of mental calculation: ... the week of anyone’s birthday. ; By Paul Ramirez A DAY FOR ANY DATE In this issue’s installment, we consider ...

discusses the latest development with the Actuarial Table Manager. He opens with, “The Society of Actuaries ... Section. Along the way, the introduction of the Table Manager in 2002 was the actuarial version of the ...

introduction to a new co-editor and a run-down of this issue’s content lineup. By Mark Africa and Paul Ramirez ... panel discussion scheduled to be offered at Life & Annuity Symposium in Nashville this May. The overview provides ...

upon a “bag-of-words” model. The example from Arthur’s illustration is rooted in the finance discipline, ... Craighead relates the applicability of PPR to mortality tables and principle-based reserves. Paul Ramirez ...

newsletter. He offers a final contribution for this issue’s letter, sharing a poignant visit to a client: Computer ... newsletter. He offers a final contribution for this issue’s letter, sharing a poignant visit to a client: “I recently ...

results. Fantastic. I would provide the link, but it’s very, very slightly NSFW (not safe for work) due to ... during the 2012 presidential election. In March, Nate’s website fivethirtyeight.com was purchased by ESPN ...

I admit this method is not as practical, but it’s easy to use. With the mod sums method, you sum the ... of 961 times, you’ll have a remainder of 2. There’s one small exception to this. Recall that the sum of ...

Letter from the Editor Introduction to this edition of CompAct with highlights of the content ... regression model of antique car stopping distance(s). Craighead also talks about some tree models in our ...